Re: Opinion please

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> Context please?  Particularly, who wants to install it, what's their clue
> level, and what are they *hoping* the product will do for them?

I second the request for context. I work for a vendor (BigFix) that does
(among other things) patch. I was in at least one government bid deal
where they had decided the way to fix systems was Phase I, scan, and
Phase II use the scan info to drive remediation. We were the remediation
tool. The phase I step is totally unnecessary for the way we work, and I
considered the whole way they were planning to do things to be
bass-ackwards.

Now, nothing wrong with using a scanner to double-check your management
tool, or vice-versa. You just need to decide that's why you want both.

                                        Ryan
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